Sullens

Geschichte

Sullens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud.HistorySullens is first mentioned in 1180 as Sollens.GeographySullens has an area, of 3.92km2. Of this area, 2.8km2 or 71.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.5km2 or 12.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.64km2 or 16.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 66.3% is used for growing crops and 4.3% is pastures.The municipality was part of the Cossonay District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Sullens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.The municipality is located on the road between Lausanne and Cossonay.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Bend Azure, overall a Cross bottony Gules.DemographicsSullens has a population of., 9.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 6.4%. It has changed at a rate of 1.6% due to migration and at a rate of 5.1% due to births and deaths.Most of the population speaks French (709 or 87.2%), with German being second most common (61 or 7.5%) and Italian being third (10 or 1.2%).